constringo

constringo

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konsˈtrin.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -inɡo
  • Hyphenation: con‧strìn‧go

Verb

constringo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of constringere

Latin

Etymology

    From cōn- (with, together) + stringō (to draw, bind or tie tight).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    cōnstringō (present infinitive cōnstringere, perfect active cōnstrīnxī, supine cōnstrictum); third conjugation

    1. To draw or bind together, to bind, tie up
      1. (poetic) To stamp or seal
      2. (in particular, frequently) To bind together with fetters, to fetter, bind (a criminal, insane person etc.)
      3. (medicine) To draw together, contract
    2. (in general) To hold or bind together, to bind, fetter, restrain, hinder, inhibit, hold in check
    3. (in particular, of discourse or reasoning) To bring into a narrow compass, to compress, squeeze

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    References

    • constringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • constringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • constringo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.